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Exciting juvenile Play That Song (NZ)(Showcasing) maintained her unbeaten record when she downed hot favourite Not An Option (Not An Option) to win the first of the feature races at Ellerslie on New Year’s Day, the Gr.2 Barneswood Farm Eclipse Stakes (1200m). Trainer Nigel Tiley had been
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Cambridge trainer Frank Ritchie will be looking for more success at Ellerslie’s Christmas-New Year Carnival on Wednesday after Fiscal Fantasy’s Group One runner-up performance in the Zabeel Classic (2000m) on Boxing Day. Ritchie was delighted with the result, but said because of her petite size Fiscal Fantasy is
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The decision to bypass Waikouaiti on New Year’s Day with Dee And Gee to concentrate on the Wellington Cup Carnival has improved the prospects for Balcairn trainers John and Karen Parsons. Dee And Gee’s defection from the Dunedin Casino Waikouaiti Cup (1975m) has reduced the field to seven
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Te Akau trainer Jamie Richards has experienced a whirlwind 2019 led by the efforts of Melody Belle and Te Akau Shark, and he ended the year on a high note at Taupo on Monday, bagging a quartet of wins. The Matamata conditioner heads into the new year atop the New
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Lindsay Park three-year-old Conqueror (Fastnet Rock) will be racing for a trip to New Zealand for a rich sales-restricted race when he returns from a short break at Caulfield. Conqueror will run in a benchmark 78 race over 1400m on Saturday as a lead-up to the $1 million Karaka Million
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The Waikato Racing Club (WRC) has announced the appointment of Andrew (Butch) Castles as the club’s new chief executive. "The WRC Board is delighted to announce that Andrew Castles will be joining the Te Rapa team,” WRC chairman Karyn Fenton-Ellis said. “He has a truly outstanding background in
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Bulls trainer Bryce Newman wanted a tough run for his stayer Gorbachev ahead of next month’s Gr.3 NZ Campus Of Innovation & Sport Wellington Cup (3200m) and that is just what jockey Ryan Elliot delivered in their Harcourts Taupo Cup With Fasttrack $5K (2000m) victory on Monday. Last
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Fresh from a treble on Boxing Day, champion Sydney-based jockey James McDonald is eager to return to Ellerslie on New Year’s Day with further black type success in his sights. McDonald took his Group One record to 44 when successful on True Enough in the Cambridge Stud Zabeel Classic
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Unbeaten two-year-olds Preakness and Trident will try to continue a golden week for trainer Andrew Campbell when they line up in the Gr.2 Barneswood Farm Eclipse Stakes (1200m) at Ellerslie on New Year’s Day. Campbell collected three wins over the weekend as Pimlico and Peloton scored bold front-running
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An eye-catching performance for third on the first day of the two-day New Plymouth carnival on Friday paved the way for Waipukurau galloper Pep Torque (NZ) (Nadeem) to bounce back to winning form when taking out the Kamada Park City Of New Plymouth Cup (1800m) on Sunday. The Kirsty Lawrence-trained
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On the face of it drawing barrier fourteen in a premier Group One sprint race would tend to put a dent in the confidence of most trainers regarding their chances to nail the thick end of the prize. Bob Vance isn’t one of them as he believes his underrated